BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Ethiopia’s situation is “out of control with a devastating effect on civilians” and urgently needs to be monitored, the UN human rights chief warned on Wednesday, but Ethiopia is rejecting calls for an independent inquiry into its deadly fight. Saying, “He doesn’t need a baby sitter.” …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – An Iranian scientist named by the West as the leader of the Islamic Republic’s disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday in an attack on the seam of Tehran, officials said. Iran’s foreign minister has accused the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh of giving “serious …
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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Prime Minister Abiya Ahmed said troops had been ordered to move forward for the “final phase” of the offensive after people continued to flee the capital of Ethiopia’s mountainous Tigris region for fear of an imminent attack. To arrest notorious regional leaders. Reports of fighting went …
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